Mike's Greater Athens Area Blog and Then Some

  This weeks reason for being thankful is my 2004 Ford Ranger. It get's about 20 miles per gallon average with 24 miles per gallon on the highway, at 70 mph with a full load. In June it will be 5 years old and it has less than 40,000 miles on it. It is my primary real estate vehicle, I do more li...

  Photo Copyright Mike Saunders - 2009 For information on things to do, dining, lodging or about buying or selling your home in Athens - Clarke County, GA and the surrounding counties, call me at 706-207-5290, click here to send me an email with your inquiries or visit my website at The Athens R...

The Northeast Georgia Chapter of Quail Unlimited,  Chapter #681, will be hosting a fund raising dinner on February 19, 2009 at 6PM. The event will be held at the Oconee County Civic Center. There will be door prizes and a live auction.  Call Rex Johnson at 706-202-0868 for tickets and more event ...

The Oglethorpe County, GA residential real estate market is still slowing. Sales volume dropped in January by 2% over the previous two months but the rate of decline has certainly slowed. Days on Market (D.O.M.) increased slightly but is still when down from a year ago. Median price has declined ...

AARP is once again offerring free tax preparation assistance for low to moderate income taxpayers, with a focus on seniors in the 60+ age group. Help will be available now through April 11 on a rotating schedule among several sites. Assistance is available at the following locations on the days a...

I hope this guy doesn't start selling real estate in my area!    EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH A young guy from Wisconsin moves to Florida and goes to a big everything-under-one-roof department store looking for a job.  The Manager says, 'Do you have any sales experience?'      The kid says 'Yeah.  I was...

25 Ways to Recognize You Are Getting Older 1. Your houseplants are alive and you can't smoke any of them. 2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question 3. You have more food than beer in your refrigerator 4. You get up at 6:00 AM, instead of going to bed then. 5. Your favorite songs are all ...

It's a new year and with the new year come some changes. We have a new calendar, a new president and a new congress. We have to remember to put 2009 on all of your checks. And we have to remember to use the new forms for our business. In Georgia, we have 30 days after a new form is released to st...

A BLONDE WALKS INTO A BANK IN NEW YORK CITY AND ASKS FOR THE LOAN OFFICER. SHE SAYS SHE'S GOING TO EUROPE ON BUSINESS FOR TWO WEEKS AND NEEDS TO BORROW $5,000. THE BANK OFFICER SAYS THE BANK WILL NEED SOME KIND OF SECURITY FOR THE LOAN. SO THE BLONDE HANDS OVER THE KEYS TO A NEW ROLLS ROYCE. THE ...

The Watkinsville real estate market news is mixed for January 2009. The salse volume is down for the fourth consecutive month, 2.6% from December and 33% since January 2008.The median sales price was down 1% also, for the month and 4% for the year although it is still within the $5000.00 range th...